talkable
adjEtymology From talk + -able.
1
Capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).
- They are talkable-about as everyday matters and in the same way. They provide a common sociable topical resource that is readily available...1996, Paddy Scannell, Radio, television, and modern life: a phenomenological approach:
2
Capable of offering engaging conversation.
- There are no talkable people within ten miles, except a coast-guard officer, and a pleasant parson, three miles off.1861, George Wilson, Sir Archibald Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes:
- But he always came back in good spirits, talkable and charming.1902, Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower:
- Antonyms
- untalkable